Financial Institution Contracts in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Financial Institution over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 356 325
Rank change year-on-year +72 -31 +114
Contract jobs citing Financial Institution 64 39 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.19% 0.55%
As % of the General category 0.79% 0.35% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 104
10th Percentile £362 £253 £450
25th Percentile £413 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +0.48% +25.15%
75th Percentile £575 £750 £600
90th Percentile £645 - £694
UK median daily rate £608 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +1.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £52.12 - -
25th Percentile £62.32 - -
Median hourly rate £73.23 - -
75th Percentile £82.41 - -
90th Percentile £89.52 - -
UK median hourly rate £73.23 - -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Financial Institution falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,105 11,039 13,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.42% 54.41% 56.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,973 6,308 8,884
10th Percentile £210 £208 £230
25th Percentile £361 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £693
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 589 1,647 745
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £13.35
25th Percentile £16.02 £15.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £28.25 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% -2.59% +52.63%
75th Percentile £54.01 £53.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.38 £69.50
UK median hourly rate £27.45 £30.00 £32.60
% change year-on-year -8.50% -7.96% +44.87%

Financial Institution
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Financial Institution as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Institution in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Financial Institution in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Financial Institution in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Financial Institution in the UK excluding London

Financial Institution
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +17 21 £475 -36.67% 36
North of England +26 16 £500 -4.76% 31
Northern Ireland - 14 £410 - 24
Yorkshire +24 11 £550 - 17
South West +43 6 £513 +13.89% 15
Midlands +21 5 £433 +44.17% 26
North West +14 5 £413 -21.43% 13
West Midlands +8 3 £600 +100.00% 19
South East +39 2 - - 15
East Midlands - 2 £394 - 7
Financial Institution
UK

Financial Institution
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.69%) Apache Spark
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.13%) Apache
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.56%) CICS
3 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Avolution ABACUS
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.94%) Azure
2 6 (9.38%) AWS
2 6 (9.38%) OCI
3 3 (4.69%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.13%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.13%) SaaS
4 2 (3.13%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.56%) Akamai
5 1 (1.56%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.56%) Figma
5 1 (1.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) DHCP
1 2 (3.13%) DNS
1 2 (3.13%) Network Security
1 2 (3.13%) Skype
2 1 (1.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) Oracle Database
2 5 (7.81%) DB2
2 5 (7.81%) Relational Database
3 4 (6.25%) Big Data
3 4 (6.25%) MongoDB
4 3 (4.69%) Power BI
5 2 (3.13%) Apache Hive
5 2 (3.13%) HBase
5 2 (3.13%) Impala
5 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
5 2 (3.13%) Tableau
6 1 (1.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.56%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 7 (10.94%) JIRA
2 4 (6.25%) JUnit
3 3 (4.69%) Cucumber
4 2 (3.13%) Selenium
4 2 (3.13%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.56%) Ant
5 1 (1.56%) Gradle
5 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.56%) Maven
5 1 (1.56%) Mockito
General
1 64 (100.00%) Finance
2 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
3 17 (26.56%) Banking
4 12 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.38%) Front Office
6 3 (4.69%) General Ledger
6 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.13%) Law
7 2 (3.13%) Legal
8 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.56%) Marketing
8 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (20.31%) Developer
2 11 (17.19%) Java Developer
3 8 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 8 (12.50%) Senior
4 5 (7.81%) Analyst
4 5 (7.81%) Architect
4 5 (7.81%) Data Protection Engineer
4 5 (7.81%) Programme Manager
4 5 (7.81%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.25%) Migration Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Consultant
6 3 (4.69%) Senior Architect
6 3 (4.69%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.69%) Technical Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Data Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Python Developer
7 2 (3.13%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) Spring
2 7 (10.94%) Kafka
3 4 (6.25%) Spring Boot
4 3 (4.69%) JMS
5 2 (3.13%) Apache Avro
5 2 (3.13%) Gherkin
5 2 (3.13%) JSON
5 2 (3.13%) Middleware
5 2 (3.13%) PySpark
5 2 (3.13%) XML
6 1 (1.56%) J2EE
6 1 (1.56%) React
6 1 (1.56%) REST
6 1 (1.56%) RESTful
6 1 (1.56%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.25%) Data Structures
1 4 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (6.25%) Fixed Income
1 4 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
1 4 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.69%) Equities
2 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.56%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.56%) Tandem
4 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.25%) Linux
2 3 (4.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (26.56%) Agile
3 15 (23.44%) Migration
4 9 (14.06%) Data Protection
5 8 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
6 7 (10.94%) CI/CD
6 7 (10.94%) Project Delivery
7 6 (9.38%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.81%) Containerisation
8 5 (7.81%) Data Security
8 5 (7.81%) Decision-Making
8 5 (7.81%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (7.81%) Project Management
8 5 (7.81%) Software Engineering
8 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (7.81%) Waterfall
9 4 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (6.25%) Change Management
9 4 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (6.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (29.69%) Python
2 14 (21.88%) Java
3 9 (14.06%) SQL
4 8 (12.50%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.13%) Perl
5 2 (3.13%) VBA
6 1 (1.56%) Bash
6 1 (1.56%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (7.81%) Degree
2 3 (4.69%) AWS Certification
2 3 (4.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (4.69%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.13%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) CEH
4 1 (1.56%) CISSP
4 1 (1.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) GDPR
1 3 (4.69%) PCI DSS
1 3 (4.69%) PMO
2 2 (3.13%) ISO 20022
2 2 (3.13%) QA
2 2 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.56%) Dodd-Frank
3 1 (1.56%) EMIR
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.56%) MiFID
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Docker
2 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.13%) HDFS
3 1 (1.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (10.94%) Ansible
2 5 (7.81%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.69%) Terraform
4 2 (3.13%) HP ALM
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.13%) PingFederate
5 1 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (14.06%) Oracle
2 6 (9.38%) Commvault
3 5 (7.81%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.25%) Sybase
5 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.13%) Cisco
6 2 (3.13%) HP
6 2 (3.13%) Juniper
6 2 (3.13%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.56%) AlgoSec
7 1 (1.56%) Databricks
7 1 (1.56%) F5
7 1 (1.56%) Greenplum
7 1 (1.56%) Imperva
7 1 (1.56%) Ping Identity